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Meeks shares excitement for busy threatre season

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Beaming with pride while talking about the hard work of students, Dawne Swearingen Meeks, an ACU alumna and theatre department chair of four years, offered a peek into the upcoming theatre season. “We started rehearsals on the first day of school for Wonderful Town,” Meeks said. “This is our biggest mound of the season, and there is always great ... [Read More…]

Monks Coffee Shop: brewing since 2006

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When asked to describe Monks Coffee Shop in just three words, owner Allison Carroll sat across the table from me with a bewildered, joyful, endearing expression, trying hard to pinpoint the correct adjectives to encapsulate the beloved space. “When I talk about Monks, it’s the community angle that I always love, but the word ‘community’ ... [Read More…]

‘James and the Giant Peach’ tumbles unto the stage for the spring musical

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Setting sail to reach hope, family and sense of self-identity, the Department of Theatre will premiere James and the Giant Peach for the spring musical in Fulks Theatre this weekend. In the triumphant tale of James Henry Trotter, a young orphan whose parents were killed in an accident resulting in the custody of his wretched aunts, James sets ... [Read More…]

Four students to showcase art Friday

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Four seniors will showcase their artwork at the first Senior Exhibition of the semester titled “Rooted” on at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Shore Art Gallery. Those students who will be showing their work are: Cynthia Quesada, Sydney Jones, Alanna Lively and Shelby Woodard. The senior show allows senior art students to show off their artwork that ... [Read More…]

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